diff --git a/bin/admin/setup-gpg.sh b/bin/admin/setup-gpg.sh
index 6583aa160..185d4c24c 100755
--- a/bin/admin/setup-gpg.sh
+++ b/bin/admin/setup-gpg.sh
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ EOF
 
 do_import()
 {
+    local -a new_keys=()
+
     rsync_conf="$BASTION_ETC_DIR/osh-encrypt-rsync.conf.d/50-gpg-admins-key.conf"
     if [ -e "$rsync_conf" ]; then
         if [ "$1" = "--overwrite" ]; then
@@ -121,28 +123,30 @@ do_import()
     gpg --import
     newkey=''
     for key in $(gpg --with-colons --list-keys | grep ^pub: | awk -F: '{print $5}'); do
-        grep -qw "$key" "$keys_before" || newkey="$key"
+        grep -qw "$key" "$keys_before" && continue || newkey="$key"
+        echo "Found generated key with ID: $newkey"
+        fpr=$(gpg --with-colons --fingerprint --list-keys "$newkey" | awk -F: '/^fpr:/ {print $10 ; exit}')
+        if [ -z "$fpr" ]; then
+            echo "Couldn't find the fingerprint of the generated key $newkey, skipping" >&2
+            continue
+        fi
+        echo "Found generated key fingerprint: $fpr"
+        echo "Trusting this key..."
+        gpg --import-ownertrust <<< "$fpr:6:"
+        new_keys+=("${newkey}")
     done
-    if [ -z "$newkey" ]; then
+    if [ "${#new_keys[@]}" -lt 1 ]; then
         echo "Couldn't find which key you imported (did it exist already?), aborting" >&2
         return 1
+    else
+        echo "Parsed and added ${#new_keys[@]} keys."
     fi
-    echo "Found generated key with ID: $newkey"
-    fpr=$(gpg --with-colons --fingerprint --list-keys "$newkey" | awk -F: '/^fpr:/ {print $10 ; exit}')
-    if [ -z "$fpr" ]; then
-        echo "Couldn't find the fingerprint of the generated key $newkey, aborting" >&2
-        return 1
-    fi
-    echo "Found generated key fingerprint: $fpr"
-    echo "Trusting this key..."
-    gpg --import-ownertrust <<< "$fpr:6:"
-
     cat > "$rsync_conf" <<EOF
 # autogenerated with $0 at $(date)
 # using: $(gpg --version 2>&1 | head -n1)
 {
     "recipients": [
-        [ "$newkey" ]
+        [ "$(join_by "\", \"" "${new_keys[@]}")" ]
     ]
 }
 EOF
@@ -158,7 +162,7 @@ EOF
     cat > "$backup_conf" <<EOF
 # autogenerated with $0 at $(date)
 # using: $(gpg --version 2>&1 | head -n1)
-GPGKEYS='$newkey'
+GPGKEYS='$(join_by " " "${new_keys[@]}")'
 EOF
     chown "$UID0":"$GID0" "$backup_conf"
     chmod 600 "$backup_conf"
diff --git a/lib/shell/functions.inc b/lib/shell/functions.inc
index 4208bc1c5..03630e038 100644
--- a/lib/shell/functions.inc
+++ b/lib/shell/functions.inc
@@ -464,3 +464,12 @@ script_init() {
         exit_success "Script is disabled"
     fi
 }
+
+# .join is practical to avoid messy stuff with bash variables
+join_by(){
+    local delim="${1-}"
+    local first="${2-}"
+    if shift 2; then
+        printf "%s" "${first}" "${@/#/$delim}"
+    fi
+}